A MAN ABOUT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH SHOULD KEEP ONE FOOT IN THE STIRRUP. - Old Mongolian Saying THE GEM CANNOT BE POLISHED WITHOUT FRICTION, NOR MAN PERFECTED WITHOUT TRIALS. - Confucius PROSPERITY IS A GREAT TEACHER; ADVERSITY A GREATER. - William Hazlitt FISH AND VISITORS STINK IN THREE DAYS. - Benjamin Franklin ONE MACHINE CAN DO THE WORK OF FIFTY ORDINARY MEN. NO MACHINE CAN DO THE WORK OF ONE EXTRAORDINARY MAN. - Elbert Hubbard ENCRYPTION: A POWERFUL ALGORITHMIC ENCODING TECHNIQUE EMPLOYED IN THE CREATION OF COMPUTER MANUALS. - The Dumpty Dictionary V. 2.0 NOTHING IS USELESS TO A MAN OF SENSE; HE TURNS EVERYTHING TO ACCOUNT. - Charles Fontaine FOR EVERY COMPLICATED PROBLEM, THERE IS A SIMPLE, EASY TO UNDERSTAND, WRONG ANSWER. - Grossman's Law WHEN THE MIND IS READY, A TEACHER APPEARS. - Zen expression I TRIED AND FAILED. I TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND SUCCEEDED. - Gail Borden I DON'T WANT TO ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY THROUGH MY WORK ... I WANT TO ACHIEVE IT THROUGH NOT DYING. - Woody Allen HE WHO RECEIVES A BENEFIT WITH GRATITUDE REPAYS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT ON HIS DEBT. - Seneca I WOULD RATHER BE THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE THAN THE MAN WHO SOLD IT. - Will Rogers THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OLD THINGS WE DON'T KNOW. - Ambrose Bierce CHARACTER IS MUCH EASIER KEPT THAN RECOVERED. - Thomas Paine NOTHING YOU CAN'T SPELL WILL EVER WORK. - Will Rogers I THINK TO MYSELF HOW MANY EXERCISE THEIR BODIES, HOW FEW THEIR MINDS. - Seneca ITS NEVER SAFE TO BE NOSTALGIC ABOUT SOMETHING UNTIL YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THERE'S NO CHANCE OF ITS COMING BACK. - Bill Vaughn HABIT IS EITHER THE BEST OF SERVANTS OR THE WORST OF MASTERS. - Nathaniel Emmons SCIENCE IS TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SEEN AND THINK WHAT NO ONE ELSE HAS THOUGHT. - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi IF ALL ELSE FAILS, IMMORTALITY CAN ALWAYS BE ASSURED BY SPECTACULAR ERROR. - John Kenneth Galbraith HOW CAN ANYONE GOVERN A NATION THAT HAS 246 DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHEESE? - Charles de Gaulle A LITTLE INACCURACY SAVES A WORLD OF EXPLANATION. - C. E. Ayers I LOVE BEING A WRITER. WHAT I CAN'T STAND IS THE PAPERWORK. - Peter de Vries YOU CAN ONLY SEE A THING WELL WHEN YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. - John Tyndall TIME IS A GREAT TEACHER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT KILLS ALL ITS PUPILS. - Hector Berlioz IF AT FIRST YOU DO SUCCEED - TRY TO HIDE YOUR ASTONISHMENT. - Los Angeles Times Syndicate WHEN YOU WORK, WORK. WHEN YOU EAT, EAT. WHEN YOU SLEEP, SLEEP. - old Chinese saying A MAN OUGHT TO READ JUST AS INCLINATION LEADS HIM; FOR WHAT HE READS AS A TASK WILL DO HIM LITTLE GOOD. - Samuel Johnson EVER NOTICE THAT PILOTS WHO FLY SKYDIVERS LIKE TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE? - Kelvin Throop, Analog Magazine THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LONG WHICH CAN BE DECIDED BUT ONCE. - Publius Syrus TYPICAL ENGINEERING: MEASURE IT WITH A MICROMETER, MARK IT WITH CHALK, AND CUT IT WITH AN AXE. - Eric Unruh THE OBVIOUS IS THAT WHICH IS NEVER SEEN UNTIL SOMEONE EXPRESSES IT SIMPLY. - Kahlil Gibran THE BRAIN IS TO THINK. THE MOUTH IS TO TALK. IN THAT ORDER. - Robert Half WHERE THE TELESCOPE ENDS, THE MICROSCOPE BEGINS. WHICH OF THE TWO HAS A GRANDER VIEW? - Victor Hugo IT IS ADMIRABLE TO GO DOWN FIGHTING. IT IS BETTER TO COME OUT ON TOP. - Daniel Gerson THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENIUS AND STUPIDITY IS THAT GENIUS HAS ITS LIMITS. - anon DON'T EXPECT TO BUILD UP THE WEAK BY PULLING DOWN THE STRONG. - Calvin Coolidge NEVER ATTRIBUTE TO MALICE THAT WHICH IS ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED BY STUPIDITY. - Meyer's Law WITHOUT ECONOMY NONE CAN BE RICH, AND WITH IT FEW CAN BE POOR. - Johnson THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE." - Kelvin Throop IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT, AND CERTAINLY NOT DESIRABLE, AS ONE'S HAT KEEPS BLOWING OFF. - Woody Allen RUST NEVER SLEEPS. - anon CHARACTER CONSISTS OF WHAT YOU DO ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH TRIES. - James Michener PATIENCE AND TIME DO MORE THAN STRENGTH OR PASSION. - Jean De La Fontaine NEVER EAT MORE THAN YOU CAN LIFT. - Miss Piggy IN TIMES LIKE THESE, IT IS HELPFUL TO REMEMBER THAT THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TIMES LIKE THESE. - Paul Harvey A MAN WHO HAS TAKEN YOUR TIME RECOGNIZES NO DEBT; YET IT IS THE ONE HE CAN NEVER REPAY. - Seneca IF FATE SENDS YOU A LEMON, USE IT TO MAKE LEMONADE. - Lawrence Block FORTUNE DOES NOT CHANGE MEN, IT UNMASKS THEM. - Mme Necker A MAN WHO TRIMS HIMSELF TO SUIT EVERYBODY WILL SOON WHITTLE HIMSELF AWAY. - Charles Schwab THE GREATEST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IN THIS LIFE IS TO BE CONTINUALLY FEARING YOU WILL MAKE ONE. - Elbert Hubbard THERE IS NOTHING MORE FATAL TO CHARACTER THAN HALF-FINISHED TASKS. - David LLoyd George TOO MUCH CARE CAN BE AS BAD AS DOWNRIGHT NEGLIGENCE. - anon A GOOD DESCRIPTION IS A MAGICIAN THAT CAN TURN AN EAR INTO AN EYE. - anon POLLUTION IS NOTHING MORE THAN RESOURCES WE'RE NOT HARVESTING. - R. Buckminster Fuller THE MORE I WANT SOMETHING DONE, THE LESS I CALL IT WORK. - Richard Bach THE REASON THAT WORRY KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN WORK IS THAT MORE PEOPLE WORRY THAN WORK. - anon PATIENCE IS SOMETHING YOU ADMIRE GREATLY IN THE DRIVER BEHIND YOU BUT NOT IN THE ONE AHEAD OF YOU. - anon MANY WISH FOR IMMORTALITY WHO CAN FIND NOTHING TO DO ON A RAINY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. - anon MOST PEOPLE ARE LIBERAL ON ISSUES THAT DON'T TOUCH THEM, AND CONSERVATIVE ON THOSE THAT DO. - Robert Wuhl MANY A FALSE STEP IS TAKEN BY STANDING STILL. - Arnold Glasow "I MUST DO SOMETHING" WILL ALWAYS SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS THAN "SOMETHING MUST BE DONE." - anon ANYTHING THAT WON'T SELL, I DON'T WANT TO INVENT. ITS SALE IS PROOF OF UTILITY, AND UTILITY IS SUCCESS. - Thomas Edison EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MADE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT SIMPLER. - Albert Einstein HE WHO HAS IMAGINATION WITHOUT LEARNING HAS WINGS BUT NO FEET. - Mark Levy I DO NOT BELIEVE IN A FATE THAT FALLS ON MEN HOWEVER THEY ACT; BUT I DO BELIEVE IN A FATE THAT FALLS ON MEN UNLESS THEY ACT. - G. K. Chesterton MACHINES SHOULD WORK, PEOPLE SHOULD THINK. - IBM GENIUS, THAT POWER WHICH DAZZLES MORTAL EYES, IS OFT BUT PERSEVERANCE IN DISGUISE. - Henry W. Austin NOTHING SPLENDID HAS EVER BEEN ACHIEVED EXCEPT BY THOSE WHO DARED BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING INSIDE THEM WAS SUPERIOR TO CIRCUMSTANCES. - Bruce Barton DON'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE A BIG STEP IF ONE IS INDICATED. YOU CAN'T CROSS A CHASM IN TWO SMALL STEPS. - David L. George THE ROAD TO SUCCESS IS ROUGH. YOU HAVE TO PAVE IT YOURSELF. - Arnold Glasow EXPERIENCE IS A HARD TEACHER BECAUSE SHE GIVES THE TEST FIRST - AND THE LESSON AFTERWARDS. - anon WE EITHER WALK FORWARD, FALL BACK, OR TAKE ROOT. - Charles W. Kellog IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND, BUT KEEP THEM MOVING. - Arnold Glasow MUDDY WATER LET STAND WILL CLEAR. - Chinese proverb WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, IT OFTEN IDENTIFIES ITSELF IN SUCH A GRUFF VOICE THAT THE TIMID ARE AFRAID TO ANSWER THE DOOR. - Mike O'Gara ONE THING COMES TO THE MAN WHO WAITS, AND THAT'S WHISKERS. - anon SOME RIDE THE WAVES OF PROGRESS. OTHERS MAKE THEM. - from an ad by Brand-Rex Company OBSTACLES ARE THE TERRIBLE THINGS YOU SEE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYES FROM THE GOAL. - anon A BAGPIPE IS THE ONLY INSTRUMENT THAT SOUNDS AS GOOD WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING TO PLAY IT AS IT DOES AFTERWARDS. - anon A SHORTCUT IS THE LONGEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS. - anon IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE. - Derek Bok IF IT WERE EASY, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE DONE IT LONG AGO. - Robert Goddard YOU CAN MEASURE THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION BY WHO GETS MORE APPLAUSE - THE CLOWN OR THE THINKER. - anon BASIC RESEARCH IS WHAT I AM DOING WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. - Werner von Braun BE WARY OF STRONG DRINK. IT CAN MAKE YOU SHOOT AT TAX COLLECTORS - AND MISS. - Robert Heinlein TO ESCAPE CRITICISM -- DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING. - Elbert Hubbard NO GREAT DEED IS DONE BY FALTERERS WHO ASK FOR CERTAINTY. - George Eliot MEN TRAVEL FASTER NOW, BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY GO TO BETTER THINGS. - Willa Cather THE FIRST LAW OF LABORATORY WORK: "HOT GLASS LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME AS COLD GLASS." - anon EXPERIENCE IS A COMB NATURE GIVES US WHEN WE ARE BALD. - Belgian proverb A SUFFICIENT COMMENTARY ON HUMAN NATURE IS THAT A MOB NEVER RUSHES MADLY ACROSS TOWN TO DO A NEEDED KINDNESS. - anon FATE MAKES OUR RELATIVES, CHOICE MAKES OUR FRIENDS. - anon IT'S A POOR SORT OF MEMORY THAT ONLY WORKS BACKWARDS. - Lewis Carroll IF YOU WALK WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH, YOU WILL NEVER FIND LOST COINS IN THE STREET. - Philip Lazarus 186,000 MILES PER SECOND: IT ISN'T JUST A GOOD IDEA, ITS THE LAW. - anon WHEN I WAS A CHILD A WAS TOLD ANYBODY COULD BECOME PRESIDENT. I'M BEGINNING TO BELIEVE IT. - anon ALL MEN HAVE HAPPINESS AS THEIR OBJECT; THERE IS NO EXCEPTION. HOWEVER DIFFERENT MEANS THEY EMPLOY, THEY ALL AIM AT THE SAME END. - Blaise Pascal IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO DO THE NEXT STEP AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO TWO STEPS AT A TIME. - Seymour Cray IF AN ITEM IS ADVERTISED AS "UNDER $50," YOU CAN BET IT'S NOT $19.95. - McGowan's Madison Avenue Axiom WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD, APPLAUD! YOU'LL MAKE TWO PEOPLE HAPPY. - Sam Goldwyn THE BIGGEST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IS TO BELIEVE YOU ARE WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE. - anon LET YOUR SPEECH BE BETTER THAN SILENCE, OR BE SILENT. - Dionysius IF PEOPLE KNEW HOW HARD I HAVE TO WORK TO GAIN MY MASTERY, IT WOULDN'T SEEM WONDERFUL AT ALL. - Michelangelo LEARNING ABOUT SOFTWARE IS LIKE NAILING JELLY TO A TREE. - Jerry Willis & William Danley Jr. in "Nailing Jelly to a Tree" WHEN I HEAR, I FORGET. WHEN I SEE, I REMEMBER. WHEN I DO, I UNDERSTAND. - Japanese proverb DOST THOU LOVE LIFE? THEN DO NOT SQUANDER TIME, FOR THAT IS THE STUFF LIFE IS MADE OF. - Benjamin Franklin IF YOU WANT YOUR JUDGMENT TO BE ACCEPTED, EXPRESS IT COOLLY AND WITHOUT PASSION. - Arthur Schopenhauer IF 50 MILLION PEOPLE SAY A FOOLISH THING, IT IS STILL A FOOLISH THING. - Anatoly France IDEAS WITHOUT ACTION ARE STERILE; ACTION WITHOUT THOUGHT IS WASTEFUL; SUCCESS REQUIRES GOOD IDEAS, ACTED UPON. - anon IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE MORE PATIENCE THAN ANYONE ELSE. IT'S JUST THAT I USE MINE. - Ignace Paderwski IF ALL THE NUMBERS EVER PRODUCED BY EVERY COMPUTER IN EXISTENCE WERE ADDED UP, IT WOULD, IN ROUND FIGURES, MAKE A BUNCH. - Anonymous the younger THE MORE UNINTELLIGENT A MAN IS, THE LESS MYSTERIOUS EXISTENCE SEEMS TO HIM. - Schopenhauer